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Intermittent Bowel Obstruction Due to a Retained Wireless Capsule Endoscope in a Patient with a Small Bowel Carcinoid Tumour
- Source :
- Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol 21, Iss 2, Pp 113-115 (2007)
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2007.
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Abstract
- A 43-year-old man with a history of metastatic carcinoid disease is presented. The patient had symptoms of chronic intermittent abdominal pain two years after undergoing a wireless capsule endoscopy procedure. Radiological examinations revealed a retained capsule endoscope, and the patient underwent exploratory laparotomy with capsule retrieval. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first case presentation of chronic, partial small bowel obstruction caused by unrecognized retention of a capsule endoscope.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain
Time Factors
Endoscope
Exploratory laparotomy
medicine.medical_treatment
Carcinoid Tumor
Brief Communication
Capsule Endoscopy
law.invention
Capsule endoscopy
law
Intestinal Neoplasms
medicine
Humans
Carcinoid tumour
lcsh:RC799-869
Capsule Endoscopes
business.industry
General surgery
Gastroenterology
Capsule
General Medicine
Foreign Bodies
medicine.disease
Abdominal Pain
Surgery
Bowel obstruction
lcsh:Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
medicine.symptom
business
Intestinal Obstruction
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08357900
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....56339eda988e2f3b02803520ea039630